---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION ON THE DISPARATE IMPACT OF COVID-19."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION ON THE DISPARATE IMPACT OF COVID-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5614"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5614 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)", "Economic conditions", "Ethnicity", "Race", "Reports", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Conley, Christine", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Hennessy, John \"jack\" F.", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Michel, David", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Rojas, Jason", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b06180f2-32c6-48e2-b2f9-32b171a88ef3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "5ab03dcc96b8dcee2f2249b54d59a1e580ec7ff7966b4be1cb03c8b6f91f02e4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 5614 (2021) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION ON THE DISPARATE IMPACT OF COVID-19.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05614-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05614-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 146** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-05614-R000146-FC.PDF)
4. **File No. 621** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-05614-R000621-FC.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05614-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Special Act No. 21-37** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/SA/PDF/2021SA-00037-R00HB-05614-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "jack" F. — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2021-02-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0211
- **2021-03-04** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-04** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/29/21
- **2021-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 135
- **2021-03-29** FILE NO. 146
- **2021-04-26** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-04-26** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-04-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 359
- **2021-04-28** FILE NO. 621
- **2021-06-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-28** SPECIAL ACT 21-37
- **2021-06-30** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-30** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-12** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b06180f2-32c6-48e2-b2f9-32b171a88ef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).